Rising Tides, an international competition for ideas on how to best respond to sea level rises in the San Francisco bay area as well as other areas, announced six award winners out of 130 entries received. Walter Hood, ASLA, a well-known landscape architect and one of the judges, explained why the jury had selected six winners to receive the USD 25,000 prize: “San Francisco Bay is not the place for a single idea. Taken as a whole, the six winning entries begin to tell a story about adaptation to sea level rise.”

Also, the World Bank’s Development Marketplace is focused on climate change adaptation this year. 20-30 winners, who are expected to be announced in November, will share USD 4-6 million in awards. The top 100 finalists will be announced by the end of July.

Related

3 Responses

1/5/09 BCDC: “The Commission voted to authorize the executive director to enter into a $25,000 (contract) with Meckel Design Consulting to manage an international design competition…” An additional $50,000 from the feds would go to awards.

K/R suggests an inane levee for the dynamic, deep waters of the bay which would destroy the existing coastline. Faulders’ lasers draw an ugly path around the bay to show the path of future neanderthal earthen dikes.

There already exist sophisticated dike systems in other countries that aren’t like the superficial walls you imagine.

The landscape architect and urban design entries were dynamic, including one of the few visionary entries that proposed increasing topographical intensity at the edge.

However, the international public that was invited should have increased access to the competition organization. David Meckel, CCA Director of Planning was retained to publicize the competition and select the jury.

Half of the winners were CCA instructors, while the competition boasted 18 nations.

CCA Byron Kuth suggests an inane levee for the dynamic, deep waters of the bay which would destroy the existing coastline.

CCA Faulders’ lasers draw an ugly path around the bay to show the path of future neanderthal earthen dikes. Anyone interested in cutting edge tidal protection can research measures already in effect worldwide.